Dion - Your Own Back Yard lyrics
rate meI've been sitting here, thinking<br />
About when I started in drinking<br />
I went on to dope<br />
It surely did change my life<br />
<br />
I cried a tear in a beer for me<br />
I lost everything near and dear to me<br />
Mainly my children and my wife<br />
<br />
My idea of having a good time<br />
Was sitting with my head<br />
Between my knees<br />
<br />
I knew everything there was to know<br />
Everything except which way to go<br />
I cried, oh, God, take me<br />
Will you, please<br />
<br />
Many a time<br />
I swore up and down<br />
I didn't need any of this junk<br />
That was going round<br />
<br />
I can quit<br />
Let me finish what I got<br />
After all, this stuff<br />
Sure costs a lot<br />
Then I'll get my feet<br />
Back on the ground<br />
<br />
I can't tell nobody<br />
How to live their life<br />
Even though inside<br />
We're all the same<br />
<br />
All those things are toys<br />
I was playing with<br />
You know we're all losers<br />
In that game<br />
<br />
Now since I've been straight<br />
I haven't been in my cups<br />
I'm not shooting downs<br />
I'm not using ups<br />
<br />
You know I'm still<br />
As crazy as a loon<br />
Even though I don't run out<br />
And cop a spoon<br />
But thank the good lord<br />
God, I had enough<br />
<br />
Now, I got a friend<br />
His name is Richard Grands<br />
He says you don't need<br />
To be stoned to grow a friend<br />
<br />
Believe me<br />
You're all beautiful people<br />
Just the way you are<br />
Tell me, what has that<br />
Stuff done for you so far, yeah<br />
<br />
I've been sitting here thinking<br />
Been winking, I been blinking<br />
I don't have to sit around<br />
No more and nod<br />
<br />
I can do anything<br />
That I wanna do<br />
I do it straight<br />
I do it so much better too<br />
And it's, it's gotta start<br />
Right in your own backyard<br />
<br />
I said it's gotta start<br />
Right in your own backyard<br />
You know everybody has<br />
Their own beautiful backyard<br />
<br />
You might have oil wells<br />
In your own back yard<br />
Yeah, your own backyard...
